I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiancé(e)

Use this to petition to bring your fiancé(e) (K-1) and their children (K-2) to the U.S. so you may marry your fiancé(e), or to bring your spouse (K-3) and their children (K-4) to the U.S. to apply for lawful permanent resident status.

How to report suspected marriage fraudU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has an online tip form to report suspected benefit/marriage fraud or other violations.

Complete all sections of the form. We will reject the form if these fields are missing:

Part 1. Information About You

Classification Sought for Your Beneficiary

Family Name

Your Mailing Address

Date of Birth

Part 2. Information About Your Beneficiary

Classification Sought for Beneficiary

Family Name

Date of Birth

Don’t forget to sign your form! We will reject and return any unsigned form.

Filing Fee

$535. You may pay the fee with a money order, personal check, or cashier’s check. When filing at a USCIS Lockbox facility, you may also pay by credit card using Form G-1450, Authorization for Credit Card Transactions. If you pay by check, you must make your check payable to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Please note that service centers are not able to process credit card payments.

When you send a payment, you agree to pay for a government service. Filing and biometric service fees are final and non-refundable, regardless of any action we take on your application, petition, or request, or if you withdraw your request. Use our Fee Calculator to help determine your fee.

Please do not submit this checklist with your Form I-129F. It is an optional tool to use as you prepare your form, but does not replace statutory, regulatory, and form instruction requirements. We recommend that you review these requirements before completing and submitting your form. Do not send original documents unless specifically requested in the form instructions or applicable regulations.

If you submit any documents (copies or original documents, if requested) in a foreign language, you must include a full English translation along with a certification from the translator verifying that the translation is complete and accurate, and that they are competent to translate from the foreign language to English.

Did you provide the following?

Evidence of your U.S. citizenship:

A copy of your birth certificate, issued by a civil registrar, vital statistics office, or other civil authority showing you were born in the United States;

A copy of your naturalization or citizenship certificate issued by USCIS or the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS);

A copy of Form FS-240, Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA), issued by a U.S. Embassy or U.S. Consulate;

A copy of your unexpired U.S. passport; or

An original statement from a U.S. consular officer verifying you are a U.S. citizen with a valid passport.

One color passport-style photograph of yourself and one for your fiancé taken within 30 days of you filing this petition

Evidence of legal name change (if applicable)

Evidence to support an IMBRA waiver (if applicable)

If you’re petitioning to classify your fiancé(e) as a K-1 nonimmigrant, did you provide the following?

Evidence you and your fiancé(e) intend to marry within 90 days of their admission into the United States as a K-1 nonimmigrant.

Evidence you met your fiancé(e) in-person within two years of you filing your Form I-129F. If you haven’t met within two years, submit evidence that meeting in-person would violate strict and long-established customs of your fiancé(e)’s foreign culture or social practice or would be an extreme hardship on the petitioner.

If you’re petitioning to classify your spouse as a K-3 nonimmigrant, did you provide the following?

Evidence that you filed Form I-130 on behalf of your spouse

Marriage certificate

Special Instructions

U.S. citizens petitioning for K-3 visas for their foreign national spouses must include:

A copy of the Form I-797C, Notice of Action, showing they have filed Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, on behalf of their spouse listed on the form; and

A marriage certificate, proving the legal marriage between the U.S. citizen and the foreign national.

Additional information about K-1 and K-3 visas is available at these links:

Anything that contains electronic chips and batteries (such as musical greeting cards) or any non-paper materials such as CD-ROMS, DVDs, toys, action figures, or thumb drives. We will not accept these types of materials. However, we will accept photographs or copies of these items.

Any biological or genetic samples as DNA evidence. For information on DNA testing and submitting DNA samples, please visit the Department of State’s webpage.

Graphic photos of childbirth or intimate relations as evidence of a relationship or marital bona fides.